Hulse sold this engine to the Harold Warp Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. This is considered the oldest known Flint built engine in existence.The all time oldest known to exist is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. and was built in Detroit.

Showing Buick as the matriarch of General Motors.

Chevrolet assembly on Van Slyke Road in Flint, Michigan. This is where my 66 Chevy was built. It’s still assembling Chevrolet’s only now they are trucks. This view is facing south. The V8 engine plant is right next door. The sheet metal plant is in the distance.

You should note that this is the assembly line located in factory #04 and not the old #62 final line.

Probably Van Slyke assembly in Flint.

James Parkhill who became president of the Armstrong Spring factory in Flint is supposedly the person who hand made the first set of springs for the first flint built Buick in 1904. he also built the first gasoline station (shown farther below) in Flint where the old Durant hotel still stands today in downtown Flint. The Durant has now been completely remodeled as student housing for the downtown college.

Flint assembly on Van Slyke Road.

Chevrolet sheet metal and frame plant on Bristol Road. The assembly and engine plant are in the background. The engine plant has been torn down and replaced by another engine plant. I went to night school in the original one working in the dynamometer room back in 1970. This view is facing north.

These factory buildings were located on east Carpenter Road north of the Buick site.

This is the original site of many Durant &amp; Dort warehouse buildings which would later become the east Flint plant of the Dort Motor Company. After Dort vacated this site it was taken over by A.C. Spark Plug. And after A.C. it became a Delphi factory. Now it is a brown field site like so many others in Genesee county. That is Dort Highway running north and south in the foreground.

This view is directly south. The rail marshaling yard in the far background borders east Reid Road. Link here for a 1942 view cutaway showing this factory producing the M-4 Sherman tank. After 1955 this factory produced parts for the Cadillac division. South Dort Highway is out of view to the far right. Saginaw Road is just out of sight at the left running parallel with the main office shown at left.

That is I-75 freeway in the foreground running north and south. We are facing east towards Flint. The Chevrolet plant is out of sight at the right and Torrey Road is visible going east and west at the upper left.

I spend a lot of time down here doing research. Every kid in Flint visited here on school field trips.

This shows the location of Flint’s first gasoline station shown below.

The future site of the Durant Hotel is shown at the left and below. This is from Lawrence Gustin’s book “Picture History Of Flint.

This is McFarlan park in 1885 on the north side of the flint river. Saginaw Street (old Saginaw trail) is at the right. Detroit Street (future MLK. Avenue) have recently been connected with Saginaw. This now is a much smaller (tiny) park and has Flint’s veterans names enshrined here This is from the trade journal:

This shows the park at it’s height. Detroit St. on left, Saginaw St. on right. McFarlan is spelled wrong on this postcard from at least 1906.

That looks like a community center in the left background. The gasoline station would be at the right where the large billboard is shown. You can see a small section of a large billboard in the gasoline station photo shown farther above. This is from Lawrence Gustin’s book “Picture History Of Flint.

A park is not yet in existence in this photo showing the first bridge being rebuilt. Detroit Street has not been cut through yet. This is from Lawrence Gustin’s book “Picture History Of Flint.

Looking west across Saginaw Street on Second Avenue. Originally the avenues north of the Flint river were called streets. This is from Lawrence Gustin’s book “Picture History Of Flint.

The origin for the name of the park. This is from Lawrence Gustin’s book “Picture History Of Flint.

Buick is just out of sight at the upper left in this east view of downtown Flint.

Van Slyke assembly in Flint, Michigan. My car came down this line in September of 1965.

Kind of resembles “Back To The Bricks”, only the classic cars were brand new.

This view is facing south-east from the north end of the park. Notice the pavilion in the far right background. The pool was also located there but is now gone. The pavilion is still there with an occasional band concert.